Many photographers admire the work of other photographers and attend their workshops. The idea is to have fun, visit places that you may not be familiar with, and learn from them.  I did this for astrophotography in Joshua Tree with Casey Kiernan, Death Valley with Dave Harris, and just recently with Serge Ramelli and Riccardo Fracassi in Italy in May 2023. Serge took this photograph of me in Venice near the Rialto Bridge. In addition, you get to meet fellow photographers who in this case were from across the USA and many countries in Europe.  Almost every photographer brought a significant other, and in a few cases, both were avid shooters, which made the excursions more of a vacation - for the shooters; the significant non-photographers should be described as 'tolerant'.  But, I will say that my significant other got up for all but one early morning shoot. The reason was simple, if you want to experience vacation cities in Italy without the crowds then between 5-7am are the best times to do it. It is both peaceful and quiet and

the sights are almost always best seen at sunrise or sunset. For the photographer, it is twice as much fun as you only have to navigate crowds half the time, which is during sunset.  We visited Venice, Florence, and Tuscany; so heck out some of the photographs coming soon to the Italy Gallery on this site or here

on my blog.

Italy 2023

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